Second watch.
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"From the start of the game to the present, China's strategy today is clear at a glance. The most important thing is to restrict Japan's midfield playmaker, Nakamura Shunsuke. We can see that Qin Xiong has done an excellent job in blocking Nakamura Shunsuke!
He almost made Nakamura Shunsuke lose confidence because it was difficult for Nakamura to get rid of Qin Xiong's close pressing. He could not receive his teammates' passes in a relaxed environment. Every time he was entangled with Qin Xiong, his weakness in confronting ability was reflected. At this point, Qin Xiong showed the results of his experience in the European arena. According to the coach who knows Qin Xiong well, he is stronger than a year ago!
Tamada Kuishi wanted to break through Li Weifeng, but he failed. Zheng Zhi passed the ball to Qin Xiong, who came back to support. Qin Xiong dribbled the ball and turned to push forward. He was observing. His speed was not fast. In front of him was Nakamura Shunsuke!
Good shot!
Nakamura Shunsuke's tackle did not succeed. Qin Xiong leisurely kicked the ball between Nakamura Shunsuke's legs, and the ball passed by Nakamura Shunsuke. Qin Xiong's pass made the fans so excited. They applauded and cheered for Qin Xiong! "
Not only that, but there was even ridicule for Nakamura Shunsuke.
China's home advantage in the stands was too obvious. When Japan got the ball, they would be booed. When the fans also noticed that Qin Xiong was particularly targeting Qin Xiong's one-on-one with Nakamura Shunsuke, they would create momentum for Qin Xiong. As long as Qin Xiong succeeded once, they would make mocking sounds to add insult to injury and destroy Nakamura Shunsuke's confidence.
Targeting Nakamura Shunsuke was to suppress Japan's offense!
At the same time, Qin Xiong also had to find opportunities to help China's offense create opportunities.
In the past month of training and actual matches with the national team, in addition to familiarizing himself with the characteristics of his teammates, his teammates were also familiarizing themselves with Qin Xiong at the same time.
They were already able to coordinate with each other beyond a certain range, allowing Qin Xiong to display more of his offensive talents little by little.
After passing by Shunfu Nakamura, Qin Xiong temporarily threw him to the back of his mind.
He dribbled the ball to the right side of the midfield and passed the ball to Zhang Pengfei when Fuxi Chongshi came to help defend him.
When the Third Manager and Fuxi Chongshi thought that Qin Xiong would once again play a two-over-one or continuous combination with Zhang Pengfei, Qin Xiong ran back to the middle to receive Zhang Pengfei's pass and directly stuffed the ball diagonally into the left flank of the penalty area.
It was a diversion!
Qin Xiong's specialty was the sudden shift in attack.
As he had been dribbling the ball up from the backfield this time, the pace was not fast, which gave Shao Jiayi enough time to cut inside on the flank.
Shao Jiayi cut into the penalty area and received Qin Xiong's straight ball from the flank. He immediately crossed the ball to the middle!
Li Jinyu, who was flanking Jia Di Liang in front of the penalty area, barely managed to raise his leg and shoot directly at the goal under Jia Di Liang's interference!
"Shao Jiayi passes the ball in the penalty area! Li Jinyu shoots! Oh, what a pity. Kawaguchi used his body to block Li Jinyu's shot. The shot was too direct!
Wait, there's still a chance!
The ball that rebounded out of the penalty area was received by Qin Xiong. He looked like he was going to take a long shot!
The Third Manager raised his leg to block with his body. Beautiful!
Qin Xiong turned out to be a fake shot. He blocked the Third Manager and raised his leg to shoot!
The ball went in!
Qin Xiong took the lead for China to break the goal!
After Li Jinyu's shot was blocked, Qin Xiong adjusted and bypassed the Third Manager to shoot again, penetrating Kawaguchi Noh's fingers!
China leads the defending champion of the AFC Asian Cup, Japan 1: 0! "
The young captain of the China team, wearing the number 10 shirt, ran along the sidelines with open arms, setting off a spectacular wave of people in the stands of the Beijing Workers' Stadium!
The Japanese team's manager, Zico, looked gloomy.
When Shunsuke Nakamura was frozen, even his thinking was affected and he was unable to play calmly, the Japanese team's offense was a complete mess.
After all, this was a team that had only been working together for a week before the big game, including some of his ideas for the team's transformation.
When the core of the team's effective operation was lost, the Japanese team's offense on the field was not smooth at all, let alone any kind of technique or tactics.
Perhaps the Japanese team had a technical advantage in a one-on-one confrontation, but this kind of scattered advantage required an excellent offensive organizer to combine them into a whole to achieve an overall advantage!
The success of the China team's strategy lay in the fact that the most crucial point, Shunsuke Nakamura, who was able to elevate the Japanese team's fighting strength, was contained, and they were able to minimize the strength gap between them and their opponents.
As Qin Xiong walked towards the backfield, he kept telling his teammates around him to stay calm, control their emotions, and not lose their mental balance!
Just pretend that the goal did not happen!
Continue the game.
Shunsuke Nakamura was about to lose himself on the field.
Even if he retreated to the backfield, within five meters in front of him, Qin Xiong's figure was bound to be there.
He could pass the ball to his teammates in the backfield, but as soon as he crossed the center line, he would have to combine the sides and the center to organize the offense. Sorry, he had to get past Qin Xiong first!
When he tried to use his left foot to dribble the ball past Qin Xiong again before the end of the first half, he was directly blocked by Qin Xiong and successfully intercepted the ball.
If he could use his right foot to make a similar technical move with his left foot, Qin Xiong might not be able to defend against him at all. But his left foot dribbled the ball, especially the signs of acceleration combined with his body's tendency to move, were too obvious. Qin Xiong easily intercepted the ball successfully.
Shunsuke Nakamura flew into a rage out of humiliation and tried to snatch the ball from behind again, but Qin Xiong calmly protected the ball and did not give him any chance. As a result, Shunsuke Nakamura used his hand to tug at Qin Xiong's jersey and raised his leg to forcefully push Qin Xiong away. Instead, he lost his balance and fell to the ground after being pushed away by Qin Xiong.
The referee blew his whistle and ruled that Shunsuke Nakamura had committed a foul.
Qin Xiong bent down to hold the football and then beckoned to Shunsuke Nakamura.
Get up, get up, get up!
What's wrong?
You can't snatch the ball reasonably, so you're starting to fight? You're starting to push and shove in exasperation?
As soon as Shunsuke Nakamura stood up, the referee showed him a yellow card. Shunsuke Nakamura immediately protested, but the referee stretched out his hand to indicate that it was his third foul and that it was time to give him a warning!
Qin Xiong placed the ball on the spot of the foul and then suddenly kicked!
The football flew directly to the Japanese team's penalty area. Before the Japanese team's defenders could react, Li Jinyu successfully reversed the offside position. But the ball came too fast and too sudden. Li Jinyu tried his best but could not stop the ball. The ball bounced to the ground and almost killed Kawaguchi Norihito!
Because he had misjudged!
He thought Li Jinyu could stop the ball and then do a one-on-one.
Therefore, he abandoned the goal and left the goal-line position, and the football after bouncing to the ground passed over his head. He looked back in horror and saw the football fall on the top of the net for the second time. It was less than a meter away from being able to shoot into the goal.
All the Japanese players were shocked and broke out in a cold sweat.
Qin Xiong laughed silently in the backfield.
"What a pity! Qin Xiong almost performed a long-distance goal for the audience. He almost helped the China team expand their lead. But it doesn't matter. China's current state is obviously better than Japan's. Let's look forward to the boys' performance in the second half. "
During the halftime interval, Ali praised China's performance and cheered the players on. He once again emphasized the importance of limiting Shunsuke Nakamura's performance and making the frontline players more active.
Ali always believed that although China's forwards were the best in Asia, they still could not keep up with Qin Xiong's rhythm in terms of the awareness of grasping opportunities.
Just like Qin Xiong's long-distance free kick in the backfield that almost broke the goal, it was obviously not a shot, but a chance for the forwards to reverse the offside position.
If Li Jinyu or Hao Haidong could start one or two seconds faster and keep up with their awareness, it would be a perfect one-on-one.
At the start of the second half, Qin Xiong was the first to stabilize the rhythm of the game.
He continuously passed the ball to his teammates in the backfield. Sun Jihai and Sun Xiang became his main teammates in the back waist line.
He was using his organizational wisdom.
When the game entered the second half, time would be running out, and the Japanese team, who were behind in the score, would gradually have a drastic change in mentality as time passed!
Especially Shunsuke Nakamura, who was ravaged and humiliated by him in the first half.
In the 57th minute of the game, Qin Xiong received a pass from Sun Jihai in the midfield. Shunsuke Nakamura rushed at full speed from the front. Qin Xiong simply stepped on the ball and turned 180 degrees to pass Shunsuke Nakamura. It was not flashy, but it was extremely practical.
Shunsuke Nakamura was like a football layman, more like a bull. He rushed at Qin Xiong, and Qin Xiong was like a matador, elegantly turning around and dodging.
While passing Shunsuke Nakamura, Qin Xiong knew that the other side could lose his mind and come up to steal. It meant one thing.
Shunsuke Nakamura's mentality.
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